Stefan Christensen: The Upcoming Flame - VINYL LP

Stefan Christensen: The Upcoming Flame - VINYL LPTitle: The Upcoming Flame Artist: Stefan Christensen Label: Bruit Direct Disques Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 5055869593083 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2019 09 27 Number of Discs: 1 Stefan Christensen swamps delicate threads of melody in a muted squall of distortion. Waves of agitated noise, tamped down but still fractious, roll over the structures of his songs, so that it's hard to tell whether the song or the dissonant scree of sound is the main thing.

Title: The Upcoming Flame
Artist: Stefan Christensen
Label: Bruit Direct Disques
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5055869593083
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2019-09-27
Number of Discs: 1

Stefan Christensen swamps delicate threads of melody in a muted squall of distortion. Waves of agitated noise, tamped down but still fractious, roll over the structures of his songs, so that it's hard to tell whether the song or the dissonant scree of sound is the main thing. A current member of Headroom and frequent collaborator with members of Mountain Movers, Alexander, and Nagual, Christensen layers haunted sung imagery over slow looped constructions of guitar and percussion. Here on The Upcoming Flame, the melodic fire flickers amid smoke, haze, and hum. The pretty folk strumming of "Arrows" provides a sharp contrast to the blistering roar of "Unkempt Power (This City's Hold)", whose wild guitar distortion edges close to Dinosaur Jr. Territory. The stark, minimal power of "G. Roberts", where a single electric guitar line carves through echo-shrouded hiss and hum is quite unlike the dystopian hypnotics of "Like Factories" a wavery chant weaving through mechanical assembly-line stomp.

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